Bath-tub seat.



No. 764,232. PATBNTED JULY 5, 1904. J. P. EUSTIS.

BATH TUB SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 9, 1904. k

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PATENTED JULY 5, 1904. J. P. EUSTIS.

BATH TUB SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 91 1904.

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NITED STATES PATENT BATH' -TUE ESEATt SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 764,232, dated July 5, 190a.

Application lilcd March 9, 1904-.

zen of the United States, residing at Newtonout waste of stock.

ville, in the county of Middlcsexand State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bath-Tub Seats, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad therein to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a lengthwise central section of my improved bath-tub seat complete at line 2 2 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a top plan view, and Fig. 3 is an under plan view, of the complete seat. new form of bent-rod hanger detached from the seat, the dotted lines indicating outward instead of inward relative inclination of the, arms. Fig. 5 is an enlarged view of a portion of the hanger-bracket and shows the points at which the hanger-arms telescopically contact with the open-ended tubular portions of the bracket. Fig. 6- is a plan view of a sheet-metal blank, showing the lines of cut requisite to produce a plurality of bracket forming blanks from a sheet of metal with- Bath tub seats when used are suspended from the upper margins of bath-tubs and are of-varying widths,

subjected to a considerable variety of strains.

occasioned by persons moving when sitting on the seats. The seats must be made strong for safety, light for convenience,'and have hangers which are adjustable, so as to fit tubs The object of my invention is to produce strong, durable, and readily adjustable bath:

seats which are strong enough torbefsafe and light enough to be conveniently handled In the drawings, 1 is the. hanger-receiving bracket, which is formed with two parallel integral open-ended tubularportions 2, with-- in which the arms of the hanger are talescopieally received and adjustable; r, 3 represents lobes, preferably at the inner ends of the brackets and bored for the reception of screws 4., which enter theseat-board A and clamp the inner ends of the brackets tight to the under side ottheboard, While the integral hook extension hpasses over the end of the seat-board'and hooks tightly on Fig. 4 is an under plan view of my.

SerialNol 197,352. (No model.)

the upper margin of the seat-board. The

? bracket-hook 5 and the screws r cooperate to bind the hanger-bracket firmly in place and toprevent twisting of the hanger-bracket on the seat-board, at the same time binding the inner ends of the brackets snugly to the under side of the seat board. f

The hangers 6 are conveniently formed of metallic rods and according to m y invention are formed with arms 7 7 of lesser diameter than the interior diameter of the tubular portions 2 of the bracket, so that the arms 7 7 may be readily entered and adjusted in the tubular .portions 2 2 of the hangergbrackets; but these hanger-arms 7 7 are when the hanger is detached, at an inclination one to the other in process of production being set in an inclined position, one in relation to another, as shown, for example, in Fig. 4, and it is only by moving the arms 7 7 laterally against the resiliency of the intermediate portionof a hanger that the arms 7 -7 can be enallel tubular portions or hanger-receiving tubes 2 2 of the bracket theonly points of contact between the bracket-arms and inner'surfaces of the tubular portions 22 are at opposite end portions of'the tubular parts 2 2 at 8 8 and 9 9, eneept, however, that there is a line of continuous contact between the upper side of each hanger-arm 7 and the opposed inner surface of the tubular portions 2 2, as -in dicated at 10 10. By this construction, while atelescopic connection is obtained between the. hanger-arms7 7 and the tubular portions 2 2 of the hanger-receiving bracket, the points of contact between the arms 7 7 and inner sur faces of the tubular portions 2 2 are minhaized,

and thisis important to prevent such rusting together of the opposed parts as will'seriously interfere with the ad justability of the hangers in relation to the brackets.

In manufacturing seats embodying my in-' veution it becomes unnecessary to go to the expense of boring two holes in each end of the seat-board, an operation that is attended with peculiar diflieulties and expense; and lfind that by using sheet-metal plates of proper dimensions and cutting the flat sheet on the lines :r the sheet may be cut into a plurality of bracket-forming blanks Y without waste of stock, the lobes 3 being perforated and the each bracket having a hooked end which laps over an end of 'the seat-board and also having, on the under side of 'the seat-board, a pair of hanger receiving tubes; the hangers being formed with arms which are inclined, one in relation to the other, and telescopically enter said tubes wherein the arms are partially out of contact with the inner walls of the tubes.

2. As a new article of manufacture, the herein described sheet l metal, bracket forming blankhaving a hook-forming lobe at one ofits ends, and a pair of tube-forming portions at a distance from said lobe and at opposite sides of the blank.

In testimony whereof I alfix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN P. EUSTIS.

Witnesses:

EDWARD .S. BEACH, E. A. ALLEN. 

